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PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT CITY OF
RENTON’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 1
OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC
901 5th Ave, Suite 3500
Seattle, WA 98164
Tel: 206-447-7000/Fax: 206-447-0215
BEFORE THE HEARING EXAMINER OF THE CITY OF RENTON
RE:
TracFone Wireless, Inc.
Administrative Appeal
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT CITY OF RENTON’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TO: ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR ATTORNEY(S) OF RECORD HEREIN:
THIS MATTER came before the Hearing Examiners on the City of Renton’s Motion for
Partial Summary Judgment. The Hearing Examiner has considered the following:
1. The City of Renton’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment;
2. Declaration of Nate Malone in Support of the City of Renton’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment, with attached exhibits;
3. Declaration of Garth Ashpaugh in Support of the City of Renton’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment, with attached exhibits;
4. Declaration of Kari Sand in Support of the City of Renton’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment, with attached exhibit;
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PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT CITY OF
RENTON’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 2
OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC
901 5th Ave, Suite 3500
Seattle, WA 98164
Tel: 206-447-7000/Fax: 206-447-0215
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It is now hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the City of Renton’s
Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is GRANTED, finding that TracFone is a “telephone
business” subject to Renton’s telephone utility tax, chapter 5-11 RMC, because it provides its
Renton customers network telephone service, and that TracFone’s gross income from its retail
agents is properly included within the City’s tax base and not exempt under the so-called “resale
proviso” in RCW 35A.82.060(1).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this ____ day of __________________, 2021.
Hearing Examiner
Presented by:
OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, P.L.L.C.
By /s/Kari L. Sand
Kari L. Sand, WSBA #27355
Attorney for Respondent City of Renton
ksand@omwlaw.com
901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3500
Seattle, WA 98164-2008